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A formerly vacant downtown storefront is full of activity during PlacePOP in Allegan. Read the full report here. Pop-up retail is a fun and creative way to activate and promote underutilized storefronts. In December 2015, we had the opportunity to do a pop-up retail PlacePOP project with Allegan leaders to...

A formerly vacant storefront in downtown Allegan is filled with activity during Festive Fridays. Allegan is doing everything right. They have an historic downtown, a beautiful riverfront, community-wide events, and most importantly, wonderful people who all love where they live. We had the opportunity to partner with Allegan in 2013...

We're proud to be part of Michigan's leadership in building on place, but that doesn't mean we're content to rest on our laurels or pretend we've got everything figured out.  We're still learning as we go, and updating our practice as we figure out what's working well and what needs...